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- Crown Jewel of Service
- Book of Jesus
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Music · MusicBrainz
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1934-06-09
- Active to
- 1984-01-21
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Gerald Stanley Wilson (September 4, 1918 – September 8, 2014) was an American jazz trumpeter, big band leader, composer, arranger, and educator. Wilson was born in Shelby, Mississippi, and went on to graduate from Cass Technical High School in Detroit. Wilson joined the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra in 1939, replacing its star trumpeter and arranger Sy Oliver. While with Lunceford, he contributed numbers to the band's book, including Hi Spook and Yard-dog Mazurka <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gerald
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Shelby
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- conductor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Capitol Records
- Image
- Gerald S. Wilson.jpg
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- date of death
- 2014-09-08
- date of birth
- 1918-00-00
- Commons category
- Gerald Wilson
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- name in kana
- ジェラルド・ウィルソン
- start of work period
- 1938-00-00
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